Roddy Grant
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Roddy Grant | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Roderick Grant | |
Date of birth | September 16, 1966 (age 40) | |
Place of birth | Gloucester, England | |
Height | 5'11" | |
Position | Forward (retired) | |
Youth clubs | ||
Strathbrock | ||
Professional clubs* | ||
Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
1986-1989 1989-1992 1992-1993 1993-1995 1995-2000 1999-2000 2000-2003 2003-04 |
Cowdenbeath St. Johnstone Dunfermline Athletic Partick Thistle St. Johnstone → Ayr United (loan) Brechin City Peterhead |
64 (27) 120 (32) 32 (4) 60 (18) 122 (34) 13 (2) 84 (40) 7 (0) |
* Professional club appearances and goals |
Roddy Grant (born September 16, 1966 in Gloucester) is an English-born Scottish former professional footballer. He played for seven clubs during a 19-year playing career, beginning as a trainee with Cowdenbeath in 1989 and closing out his professional career with Peterhead in 2003.
Grant moved into junior football with Linlithgow, playing for them until midway through the 2004/5 season. He finished the season with Pumpherston Juniors. As of September 2006, he is assistant manager to Steve Pittman at Recreation Park.[1]
[edit] Trivia
- Prior to becoming a full-time footballer, Grant was a stonemason.[2]
- Played in his testimonial match against Coventry on November 12, 1999.
- He is the only player to play and score at every Scottish league ground.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ http://eteamz.active.com/pumpherstonjuniors/roster/
- ^ http://www.blueheaven.org.uk/roddy/
- ^ http://eteamz.active.com/pumpherstonjuniors/roster/index.cfm?season=252546&sport=5&id=4727643